Thai PM backs peace moves: Talks held with Musharraf on closer ties
 ISLAMABAD, July 1: President Pervez Musharraf held talks on Monday with Prime Minister of Thailand Dr Thaksin Shinawatra on boosting bilateral trade, rebuildling Afghanistan and tensions with India....
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Indian cabinet reshuffled
NEW DELHI, July 1: Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee carried out a major cabinet reshuffle on Monday whereby the foreign minister and the finance minister swapped their jobs in a...
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Savings profit cut by 2.5pc
KARACHI, July 1: The government has cut the rates of return on national savings schemes by up to 2.5 per cent on maturity basis but on premature withdrawals the rate cut...
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Meeting convened to discuss Madaris Ord
ISLAMABAD, July 1: The government has decided to modify the Madressah registration ordinance in consultation with leaders of religious organizations and convened a meeting on July 4 in this regard, official...
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Jamaat to abide by APHC poll decision: report
 NEW DELHI, July 1: The Jamaat-i-Islami of Indian-ruled Jammu and Kashmir region was quoted on Monday as denying it ever promised not to boycott state polls there scheduled in October, the...
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Al Qaeda man held in Fata
PESHAWAR, July 1: Pakistan Army personnel have arrested an Arab Al Qaeda terrorist in the remote tribal territory bordering Afghanistan, local officials and tribesmen said on Monday....
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ANP challenges graduation condition
ISLAMABAD, July 1: The Awami National Party on Monday challenged in the Supreme Court the condition that anyone wanting to become an MP need to be a graduate....
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Israeli army kills top Hamas leader
TEL AVIV, July 1: Israeli Defence Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer said on Monday his troops had dismantled sites illegally built by Jewish settlers in the West Bank while pressing on with...
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40 killed as US bombs wedding party
KABUL, July 1: US bombing killed 40 people at a wedding party in southern Afghanistan on Sunday night, a local official said on Monday. But the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) said...
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Pakistan condemns Israel’s aggression
ISLAMABAD, July 1: Pakistan on Monday condemned Israel’s destruction of the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Al-Khalil at the weekend and called for the Jewish state to “cease its aggression against unarmed...
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Top security alert after warning of terrorist act
PESHAWAR, July 1: Security agencies have been put on high security alert following warnings by their American counterparts of possible terrorist attacks against key installations in the NWFP....
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SBP denies report on utility bills
KARACHI, July 1: The State Bank of Pakistan has clarified a report Monday which said the nationalized banks will charge Rs20 as service charges on deposit of utility bills at their...
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President’s meeting with PML leaders cancelled
ISLAMABAD, July 1: The meeting of heads of four Pakistan Muslim League factions with President Gen Pervez Musharraf, scheduled for Tuesday, has abruptly been cancelled, it was officially learnt on Monday....
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Technician dies, PAF man hurt in airbase blast
SUKKUR, July 1: A technician was killed and a PAF employee was seriously injured in a powerful explosion at the Shahbaz Airbase in Jacobabad on Monday....
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Army postings
ISLAMABAD, July 1: Deputy Chairman, National Accountability Bureau, Maj-Gen Shujaat Zamir Dar, has been posted as General Officer Commanding (GOC), Bahawalpur, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press release said....
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US soldiers warned
BAGRAM AIR BASE, July 1: US soldiers in Afghanistan have been told to anticipate possible attacks around July 4, the first post-Sept 11 US Independence Day, a senior US military spokesman...
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Top security at Saudi mission
RIYADH, July 1: Security around the Saudi mission in Islamabad and other Saudi interests in Pakistan has been tightened after receiving threats from unidentified parties, it was reported here....
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‘Gen Rani’ dies of cancer
ISLAMABAD, July 1: Aqleem Akhtar, commonly known as General Rani, died at Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Lahore, after protracted illness on Monday afternoon, family sources told Dawn....
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